After exchanging opinions with His Royal Highness Prince Chen and Prince Hong's Mansion Chao Yushi, Lin Bai, Bai Yifei and others returned to the Tianshui Sect Palace.
Returning to his residence, Lin Bai looked up and stared at the leafy osmanthus trees in the courtyard, lost in thought.
The ambiguous attitude of the Worm Valley in southern Xinjiang disrupted Lin Bai's overall plan.
I thought that when Lin Bai joined forces with Nanjiang Worm Valley after entering the imperial capital, Xia Jingzhi would inevitably be doomed.
But who would have expected... Southern Xinjiang Worm Valley doesn't seem to want to catch Xia Jingzhi, the "traitor"?
Their attitude was very vague and ambiguous...it even gave Lin Bai the illusion that Xia Jingzhi was the "Mingzi" of the Southern Xinjiang Worm Valley who was placed in the imperial capital.
If there are "hidden ones", then naturally there are also "bright ones".
Anzi is not terrible, as long as you find him and remove him.
But a bright seed, if used properly, can produce earth-shaking changes!
But no matter what, the Worm Valley in Southern Xinjiang was no longer reliable. Next, Lin Bai had to find a way to deal with Xia Jingzhi on his own.
"It seems you still have to rely on yourself!"
Lin Bai shook his head. Judging from the current situation, Zhao Xingsi and Chao Yushi had nothing to do against Xia Jingzhi.
From now on, you can only rely on yourself.
Lin Bai took out a piece of white rice paper, prepared his pen and ink, and stood on the stone table in the courtyard.
He looked at the rice paper and after thinking carefully for a while, "We must find Xia Jingzhi first!"
But the problem is, how to find Xia Jingzhi?
Lin Bai wrote the three words "Xia Jingzhi" on the rice paper, thought for a while, and then wrote the six words "Third Prince" and "Riyue Pavilion".
After thinking for a while, he wrote the word "royal family" again.
There is no doubt that these eleven words written by Lin Bai now are the biggest obstacle for Lin Bai to find Xia Jingzhi.
The third prince, the Sun Moon Pavilion, the royal family...this is why Xia Jingzhi has no fear in the imperial capital.
The third prince used the powerful men in the Sun Moon Pavilion to protect Xia Jingzhi, and also used the privileges of the royal family to cover up Xia Jingzhi's whereabouts.
With the protection provided by the third prince, not even Lin Bai, not even the Zhaoxing Division could find Xia Jingzhi!
"Then where will the third prince hide Xia Jingzhi?"
Lin Bai began to think about this problem again.
After a long time, when Lin Bai was thinking hard to no avail, suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, and he seemed to remember something.
As he thought seriously, he caught the flash of inspiration that came to his mind.
He narrowed his eyes and wrote the six words "Orphan of the Twelve Princes" on the rice paper.
After the orphan of the Twelve Princes was kidnapped by the Third Prince, he originally planned to give His Highness King Chen a heavy blow in the imperial capital.
But he was rescued by Lin Bai, causing the third prince to lose the chance to deal with His Highness King Chen.
Lin Bai recalled...the third prince also hid the orphan of the twelfth prince in the imperial capital.
It is hidden in the "Lanting Courtyard". That place is backed by the Zhaoxing Division and is the territory of the royal family, so it is difficult to investigate it.
Lin Bai followed this idea and began to deduce "reverse thinking", "The Zhaoxing Division cannot find Xia Jingzhi, and the Dark World cannot find Xia Jingzhi!"
"Chao Yushi can't find Xia Jingzhi!"
"Whether it is Chao Yushi's Prince Hong's Mansion, Zhaoxing Division and Dark World, their intelligence network is within the imperial capital, and they can be said to have vast magical powers."
"Nothing that goes wrong in the imperial capital can escape their eyes."
"There aren't many places in the imperial capital where they can't even be found!"
Lin Bai whispered: "The royal family's territory and the territory of the five families and seven sects of Chu State, the Zhaoxing Division and the Dark World will avoid suspicion and will not take the initiative to investigate."
"Is it possible that the third prince hid Xia Jingzhi in a certain territory of the royal family, or maybe it is the territory of the five families and seven sects of Chu State?"
"If it is in the territory of the five families and seven sects of the Chu State, it will be simple. Only the three major families, the Li family, the Sun family, and the Zhao family, can hide the third prince!"
"If it were hidden among the royal family, it would be troublesome. The royal family has many private residences in the imperial capital, and it would be difficult to investigate."
Lin Bai murmured again in his heart.
But after thinking for a while, he said to himself: "But... after what happened to the Twelve Prince's orphans, can the Third Prince still be so at ease hiding Xia Jingzhi among the royal family and the five families and seven sects of the Chu Kingdom?"
Lin Bai thought for a long time and shook his head silently, "If I were the third prince, I would not hide Xia Jingzhi within the five families, seven sects and the royal family of Chu State."
"I will definitely choose a place that no one expects!"
"That place must be the place where everyone thinks it is impossible for Xia Jingzhi to stay!"
"Then what exactly is this place?"
"Where is the most unlikely place for Xia Jingzhi to be?"
Lin Bai's thoughts reached a dead end and he couldn't figure out where this place was for a while.
Ever since Lin Bai came back from Worm Valley in Southern Xinjiang, he locked himself in the house.
A few days passed, and Lin Bai never left.
Moreover, even when Bai Yifei, Zhou Xinjun, Qiao Mo, Qin Yao and others came to visit, Lin Bai stayed behind closed doors.
This day.
Qiao Mo came to the door with carefully cooked porridge and called Lin Bai.
But Lin Bai still closed the door and saw no guests.
After waiting for a while, Qiao Mo could only leave disappointed.
The moment she turned around, she saw Bai Yifei, Zhou Xinjun, Li Juenian, Yi Zien and others walking side by side.
Everyone saw the porridge bowl in Qiao Mo's hand and knew that Lin Bai had not seen her.
"Senior Brother Shengzi, are you still unwilling to see guests?" Bai Yifei asked with a frown.
Qiao Mo shook his head silently, looked back at Lin Bai's house, and let out another long sigh.
Bai Yifei whispered: "Senior Brother Shengzi is probably worried about the matter in the Worm Valley in southern Xinjiang."
"Although we don't know what the role of the warrior named 'Xia Jingzhi' is, we think this matter is extremely important to both Senior Brother Shengzi and Tianshui Sect."
"Since meeting with Worm Valley in Southern Xinjiang, Senior Brother Shengzi's mood has been very low, as if some kind of belief has been broken."
"Now that Senior Brother Shengzi has locked himself up, he must be thinking about how to catch the warrior named 'Xia Jingzhi'."
"It's a pity that we can't do anything to help."
When Bai Yifei said this, there was some self-blame in his words and his expression was a little depressed.
Qiao Mo asked: "Then should we go to the dark world to ask?"
Bai Yifei shook his head and said, "I just disguised myself with a few junior brothers and went in to ask."
"The dark world also knows nothing about Xia Jingzhi's whereabouts."
"The information that the Dark World can provide is that Xia Jingzhi is a traitor from the Worm Valley in southern Xinjiang and appeared in the Imperial Capital a thousand years ago. Apart from that, there is no other news."
Zhou Xinjun said in a deep voice: "And according to the information provided by the dark world, Xia Jingzhi also has no father or mother in the Southern Territory. He is an orphan without any relatives."
Bai Yifei said: "Xia Jingzhi is like a rootless and mysterious wandering soul. No one knows where he is."
"No one can find him."
Both Bai Yifei and Zhou Xin knew that "Xia Jingzhi" was of great significance. In the past few days, when Lin Bai was thinking about countermeasures, they did not rest, but ran around the imperial capital, looking for Xia Jingzhi's whereabouts.
But after searching for many days, I still found nothing.